Adapter for garment-hangers



.E. E. PORTER. ADAPTER FOR GARMENT HANGERS. APPLICATION FILED APR 8 19 0 Patented Jan. 4, 1 921.

PATENT O/FFICE.

ELIZABETH E. PORTER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

ADAPTER FOR GARMENT-HANGERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 4, 1921.

Application filed April 8, 1920. Serial No. 372,349.

T 0 all whom it may concern 7 Be it known that I, ELIZABETH E. Pon'rnn, a citizen of the United States of America, a resident of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adapters for Garment-Hangers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to adapters for garment hangers that will enable one to hang up garments originally hung on wardrobe trunk hangers without the necessity of re moving the garments from their original hangers. Wardrobe trunk hangers at present cannot be used for hanging garments except when the hangers are within the trunk. This is satisfactory while the trunk is in transit but becomes disadvantageous when it is desired to hang the garments elsewhere than in the trunk so that they may be brushed, aired, etc.

Another object of my invention is to make an adapter that can be used in conjunction with the several types of standard wardrobe trunk hangers.

Another object of my invention is to make an adapter that can be used for either ladies or gentlemens garments, and which will occupy a very small space when not in use.

Referring to the drawings Figure I is a side view.

Fi'g. II is an end view of Fig. I.

Fig. III shows the adapter as applied to one type of hanger, and

Fig. IV is a view showing two methods of applying the device to another type of hanger. 1

The adapter has a suspension hook 1 of suitable material, such as wire, and an arm 2 at right angles thereto. A similar arm 3 extends in the opposite direction to 2 and is joined at at by entwining it about the hook 1. The outer ends of the arms 2 and 3 are flattened and each, provided with an eye 5 whose axis is perpendicular to that of the arms 2 and 3.

Extension arms 6 and 7, having their free ends bent back upon themselves at 8 to form hooks and having an eye 9 provided at their other ends, are hinged to the outer ends of the arms 2 and 3 by means of pin 10. These hinged connections are made rather tight so that it will take an effort to move the arms 6 and 7 about the arms 2 and 3. The reason for making this hinged connection tight, rather than loose, is in order to keep the adapter folded when not in use, and also to provide a trouser-hanging space between the hanger and the alined arms 26 and 3-7 as shown in Fig. IV. The hooks 6 and 7 are of such a length that when folded toward each other in the direction of the'arrows, Fig. I, their ends will come within a short distance of eachother.

Nubs 11 provide enlargements on the free upturned ends of the hooks 8. These nubs prevent the straps from slipping off the hooks. These straps 12 and 13 are flexible and closely embrace the hooks 8, depending downwardly therefrom. The lower ends of the straps are looped at 14 and 15 so as to embrace and sus end a hanger.

In Fig. III t e adapter is shown as applied to one type of hanger designated by A, the hooks 8 of the adapter embracing and suspending the hanger.

In Fig. IV the adapter is shown as applied to another type of wardrobe hanger B. This type of hanger has a bar 16 notched to provide recesses 17 at each end and having divergent downwardly depend ing arms 18. The full line position of the adapter in Fig. IV shows it as it would be used when hanging gentlemens garments, the trousers being hung over the top of the bar 16 and out of'contact with the adapter parts. A long rack space for hanging trousers is provided in this arrangement. For hanging ladies garments, the adapter can be used either in the full line position shown in Fig. IV, or in dotted line position there shown. Thus the same adapter can be used without change for both ladies and gentlemens garments.

The straps 12 and 13 are not disconnected from thehooks 8 even when the hanger is embraced by these hooks, but are left to hang freely therefrom.

I claim:

1. An adapter for garment hangers comprising a suspension member, rigid arms extending therefrom and rigid hanger engaging members hingedly secured to said arms whereby said adapter may be folded, said hanger engaging members being provided at their outer terminals with hanger clamping hooks.

2. An adapter for garment hangers comprising a suspension member having a central hook with fixed arms thereon extension hooked arms pivoted to the fixed arms whereby they may be folded upon said fixed arms and hanger-engaging means secured to said suspension member, said hangerrengaging means c0mprising flexible strap members.

3. An adapter for garment hangers comprising a suspension member. andvhanger-engaging means secured thereto comprising flexible strap members, said suspension member having hooked extension arms with enlarged free emh whereby the flexible strap members are securely held on the hooked extension and are prevented from disengagement therefrom.

4. An adapter for garment hangers comprising, a suspension member having hooked arms pivoted thereto whereby the hanger maybe embraced and flexible straps secured to said arms, said straps being looped at their free arms whereby the hanger may be embraced.

5. An adapter for garment hangers comprising a suspension member having hangerengaging arms pivotally connected thereto and flexible straps secured tosaid arms and constituting other hanger-engaging means whereby the hanger may be engaged by either of said arms or said straps.

In testimony that-I claim the foregoing I hereunto afli'x my signature;

ELIZABETH E. PORTER 

